Barry B. Witham reclaims the work of Manny Fried, an essential American playwright so thoroughly blacklisted after he defied the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1954, and again in 1964, that his work all but completely disappeared from the canon. Drawing on never-before-published interview materials, Witham reveals the details of how the United States government worked to ruin Fried's career.
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Barry B. Witham reclaims the work of Manny Fried, an essential American playwright so thoroughly blacklisted after he defied the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1954, and again in 1964, that his work all but completely disappeared from the canon. Drawing on never-before-published interview materials, Witham reveals the details of how the United States government worked to ruin Fried's career.
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